Over the past few years management training centres have acquired CCTV and video tape recording systems, and as a result many management training specialists have had to develop…
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Over the past few years management training centres have acquired CCTV and video tape recording systems, and as a result many management training specialists have had to develop skills in using these aids properly. The ability to use these devices in a technically proficient manner is easy to develop, but what is more important is the skill to use them in the most educationally appropriate way. The purpose of this article is to examine the educational issues involved in the effective use of video recording in management training.
In recent years the emphasis in educational activities for practising managers has changed from teaching them the principles and techniques of management towards more flexible…
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In recent years the emphasis in educational activities for practising managers has changed from teaching them the principles and techniques of management towards more flexible approaches to help individuals and teams of managers develop themselves. As a result of this change the role of management educators, whether they work as internal trainers or are employed by independent educational agencies, has altered significantly.
Over the last few years a number of reports have suggested that there is a need for managers to receive more training so that they can improve their competence in handling ‘plant…
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Over the last few years a number of reports have suggested that there is a need for managers to receive more training so that they can improve their competence in handling ‘plant level’ industrial relations. ‘While training resources have expanded, we believe the need for industrial relations training has developed at an even faster rate’. ‘We believe that industrial relations training for managers has been a seriously neglected part of management training’. ‘Companies should give more attention to the industrial relations training of non industrial relations managers’.
After a year's joint experimental research by the Pressed Steel Co. Ltd. and I.C.I. Ltd. (Paints Division), details have now been released regarding a new technique developed by…
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After a year's joint experimental research by the Pressed Steel Co. Ltd. and I.C.I. Ltd. (Paints Division), details have now been released regarding a new technique developed by these two companies for the automatic application of paint. This is the Electrocoat process, in which the metal to be coated is electrically charged as one of the electrodes in a tank containing water‐borne paint. It is said to possess advantages over conventional methods of paint application to complex shapes such as car bodies, domestic appliances, etc., and to give improved corrosion resistance. It provides the basis of an overall simplification in total painting processes.
THE Report of the Committee on Libraries, which was issued by the University Grants Committee in the summer of 1967, had for long been called the Parry Report after its Chairman…
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THE Report of the Committee on Libraries, which was issued by the University Grants Committee in the summer of 1967, had for long been called the Parry Report after its Chairman, Dr. Thomas Parry, formerly Librarian of the National Library of Wales and at the time the Principal of University College of Wales in Aberystwyth. When it was first set up in June 1963 the terms of reference were as follows:
Daniel E. Ufua, Ayodotun S. Ibidunni, Thanos Papadopoulos, Oluwatoyin A. Matthew, Rehmat Khatoon and Mayowa G. Agboola
This research focuses on the implementation of Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory management, drawing on a case study of a commercial livestock farm located in a swampy area of southern…
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Purpose
This research focuses on the implementation of Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory management, drawing on a case study of a commercial livestock farm located in a swampy area of southern Nigeria.
Design/methodology/approach
The research adopts a qualitative approach. Interviews and workshops were used for data collection.
Findings
Findings from the study reveal that the commitment on the internal organisational members and skilful collaboration with supply chain partners are required for effective use of JIT, especially in an odd contextual situation such as the case in this study. This also justifies the embraced of additional cost of securing JIT inventory management practices such as the situation in the case study organisation that could not allow conventional inventory management.
Originality/value
It is suggested for further research to consider the topic from a mixed method approach as well as extend the focus on the possibility of legal regulations and government support to exceptional operational practices among organisations, especially those in the context of the food production sector, where this research was based.
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The area covered by the South‐Western Regional Library System comprises nine counties: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire…
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The area covered by the South‐Western Regional Library System comprises nine counties: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Had it been possible simply to assume that any area containing the University of Oxford must necessarily possess almost infinite library resources, local library problems might safely have been left to solve themselves and this paper could have been brought to an abrupt end forthwith. But neither the Bodleian nor the college, departmental and other special libraries of the University can fairly be described as forming part of the library resources of the south‐west; Oxford is on the extreme edge of the area and its libraries, in so far as their use is not confined to members of the university, are manifestly of national and not regional importance and scope. It is, therefore, entirely reasonable that the recent important amendment to the Bodleian rules which permits the loan of non‐copyright material from the Radcliffe Science Library should have stipulated that such loans be negotiated through the National Central Library and not through the Regional Bureau. The presence within the Region, however, of one of the world's greatest libraries confers inestimable benefits on all who find themselves within tolerably easy reach of it, and the Bodleian has always been generous in assisting librarians in the south‐west. For the purposes of this paper it would be as futile to attempt to describe the Bodleian and the other Oxford libraries in a few sentences as it would be preposterous to omit all mention of them, and it has therefore seemed best thus briefly to assess their position at the outset before passing to a description of the resources and problems of the Region as ordinarily understood.
WE ask our readers to accept the old wish for a Happy Christmas, although we know that in some minds there may be a thought that happiness in such times as these is problematical…
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WE ask our readers to accept the old wish for a Happy Christmas, although we know that in some minds there may be a thought that happiness in such times as these is problematical. Yet we are, so far, a fortunate people, in spite of our difficulties. As a nation we survive and increase in Strength as in confidence. As librarians we have given the best of our men and women to the active services, and most of those who remain are immersed in one way or another in the national effort. We have lost fine libraries in a night, but the will to survive, to win and to create Still survives and kicks. The days are full of difficulties, problems to be solved, high fences and dangerous to be climbed, but we have got through so far, and are convinced we shall continue. It is the most absorbing age in human memory, and we are happy to be alive to overcome its challenges.
Claudia Bernasconi and Libby Balter Blume
This article explores the implications of virtual social spaces for conceptualizing community engagement in the practice of architecture and design by critically analyzing…
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Purpose
This article explores the implications of virtual social spaces for conceptualizing community engagement in the practice of architecture and design by critically analyzing multidisciplinary approaches to conceptualizing community namely space, place, and context to envision social spaces of virtual community engagement by architects and designers.
Design/methodology/approach
This conceptual article utilized narrative literature review as the primary method for conducting a transdisciplinary theoretical integration. First, the authors defined the metaverse as all manner of human-technological interaction. Second, the authors discussed theories of place from architecture, social geography, and human ecology and employed neoecological theory to describe the interactional processes inherent in research and practice with virtual communities. Finally, the authors documented specific types of virtual engagement strategies in architectural research and practice.
Findings
Virtual environments provide varied opportunities for effective collaborations among architects, designers, and community members. The primary strategies identified by the literature review of virtual community engagement were collaborative, augmented reality, and situated digital experiences. In addition, researchers have found that the most effective community engagement bridges interactions in the physical space and digitally mediated interactions.
Research limitations/implications
The authors advocate for increased research towards understanding how the expanded availability of more complex technological tools, such as future versions of artificial intelligence (AI) software, may further layer the landscape of community engagement in ways that may be unpredictable and currently less understood. Additional research is also needed to address participants' perspectives in virtual community engagement and explore how the building of communities in the meta-context is felt, lived, and understood by those who act in them.
Practical implications
The availability of new technological tools and digital platforms challenges diverse professionals to expand their community-engaged practice into the metaverse. Although not every community has broadband Internet or software access, many physical locations whether community centers, libraries, schools, or one’s own home may serve as safe spaces for novel virtual engagement experiences by individuals and groups. Digital engagement can increase opportunities for involvement from persons who are home-bound, lack transportation or child-care to attend in-person community events, or may desire the anonymity afforded by virtual engagement.
Social implications
Virtual environments can provide varied opportunities for effective collaboration among architects, designers, and community members by overcoming physical or nonphysical barriers to in-person engagement. For example, recent case studies of civic and community organizations have successfully integrated physical and virtual community engagement during the global COVID-19 pandemic by overcoming physical or nonphysical barriers to in-person engagement. Community development theorists have referred to such contexts as a “post-place community” in which individuals find solidarity through digital global networks.
Originality/value
This article theorizes virtual community engagement in the metaverse from a transdisciplinary perspective and coins the innovative concept of meta-contexts to describe a global “post-place” community. Integrating theories of place from architecture, social geography, and human ecology guides an original review of effective strategies for meta-contextual digital community engagement by architects and designers.